The addition to the Student Health Center provided more than needed additional space - it symbolized a changing attitude and approach to student health care. Utilizing a vocabulary of red brick and mission tile, the addition successfully expresses the traditional historic architecture of the original 1936 building. The porch is an extension of the original building's roof form expressed in a contemporary vocabulary of steel roof trusses, offering a cool and inviting refuge from the southwest desert sun. The plaza extends out from under the porch to meet the sidewalk, an inviting space for student gathering. A "transparent" ground floor encourages students to enter the building and experience the various health promotion displays. The combining of these elements form a prominent gateway building to the University of Arizona campus.